The weather is fine, but my flowers haven’t come out.. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.. He kept making angry comments during the reading on the radi
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1 I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not (mind)
I haven’t
2 The weather is fine, but my flowers haven’t come out (of)
My flowers
3 I probably forgot to mention that the deadline is Tuesday (may)
I
4 I like going sailing more than swimming (rather)
I’d
5 “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron Well done!” said Carol (on)
Carol congratulated
6 I was never allowed to walk barefoot when I was a child (let)
My parents
7 They have collected the tests and checked the answers (been)
The tests
8 No one gave us instructions and showed us what to do (not)
We
9 The boy said that he hadn't done anything wrong (denied)
The boy
10 Amanda has improved a lot this term (progress)
Amanda
11 They think the owner of the house is abroad
The owner
12 My flute is being repaired at the moment
I am
13 “Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat” he asked
He suggested
14 He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work
He objected
15 She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her
Hardly
16 It was a bit difficult to get into work this morning
Getting
17 He knows nearly everything about whales
There’s
18 If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned
The sooner
19 The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately
Such
20 I’m absolutely sure that they weren’t playing in this weather
They can’t
21 “I did not steal the car,” he said “I just borrowed it.”
He denied
22 Henry regretted buying the second-hand car
Henry wished
23 Amanda finally managed to get a good job
Amanda finally succeeded
24 Charles lives quite near his aunt’s house
Charles doesn’t
25 That’s the last time I go to that restaurant!
I certainly
26 I don’t really want to have lunch yet
I’d rather
27 He kept making angry comments during the reading on the radio news
While
28 It was your father’s wish that you should become an engineer
Your father wanted
29 As he grows older he becomes increasingly cheerful
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30 He painted his letter-box red so that it looks more conspicuous
He painted his letter-box red so as
31 It seems that no one predicted the correct result
No one
32 He prefers living in the center of the city to living in the suburbs
Rather
33 With the help of advertising more goods can be sold
Advertising makes
34 He may be very intelligent, but he should be modest
However
KEY
1 I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not (mind)
I haven’t made up my mind yet whether to move or not
2 The weather is fine, but my flowers haven’t come out (of)
My flowers haven’t come out in spite of the fine weather
3 I probably forgot to mention that the deadline is Tuesday (may)
I may have forgotten to mention that the deadline is Tuesday
4 I like going sailing more than swimming (rather)
I’d rather go sailing than swimming
5 “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron Well done!” said Carol (on)
Carol congratulated Ron on having passed his driving test
6 I was never allowed to walk barefoot when I was a child (let)
My parents never let me walk barefoot when I was a child
7 They have collected the tests and checked the answers (been)
The tests have been collected and the answers have been checked
8 No one gave us instructions and showed us what to do (not)
We were not given instructions and shown what to do
9 The boy said that he hadn't done anything wrong (denied)
The boy denied having done anything wrong
10 Amanda has improved a lot this term (progress)
Amanda has made a lot of progress this term
11 They think the owner of the house is abroad
The owner of the house is thought to be abroad
12 My flute is being repaired at the moment
I am having my flute repaired at the moment
13.“Why don’t you put your luggage under the seat” he asked
He suggested that I put my luggage under the seat
14 He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work
He objected to his secretary coming late to work
15 She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her
Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting her
Trang 316 It was a bit difficult to get into work this morning.
Getting into work this morning was a bit difficult
17 He knows nearly everything about whales
There’s nothing about whales that he doesn’t know
18 If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned
The sooner we can solve the problem, the better it will be for all concerned
19 The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately
Such was the greatness of the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately
20 I’m absolutely sure that they weren’t playing in this weather
They can’t have been playing in this weather
21 “I did not steal the car,” he said “I just borrowed it.”
He denied having stolen the car but admitted borrowing it
22 Henry regretted buying the second-hand car
Henry wished he hadn’t bought the second-hand car
23 Amanda finally managed to get a good job
Amanda finally succeeded in getting a good job
24 Charles lives quite near his aunt’s house
Charles doesn’t live very far from his aunt’s house
25 That’s the last time I go to that restaurant!
I certainly will never go to that restaurant again
26 I don’t really want to have lunch yet
I’d rather not have lunch now
27 He kept making angry comments during the reading on the radio news
While he was reading on the radio news, he kept making angry comments
28 It was your father’s wish that you should become an engineer
Your father wanted you to become an engineer
29 As he grows older he becomes increasingly cheerful
The older he grows, the cheerful be becomes
30 He painted his letter-box red so that it looks more conspicuous
He painted his letter-box red so as to make it look more conspicuous
31 It seems that no one predicted the correct result
No one seems to have predicted the correct result
32 He prefers living in the center of the city to living in the suburbs
Rather than live in the suburbs, he would prefer to live in the center of the city
33 With the help of advertising more goods can be sold
Advertising makes more goods be sold
34 He may be very intelligent, but he should be modest
However intelligent he may be, he should be modest